Maarja: First In Line

Maarja: First In Line

エストニア出身のマーヤは１９８０年１２月２４日

クリスマス・イブにエストニアの首都タリンで生まれた。

たしか２０００年より前に買ったＣＤ。

彼女が１６才の時にレコーディングしたそうだ。

若いのにバラードがいい。

Google の画像検索で最近の彼女の写真を検索。

とっても魅力的な女性になっていた。

◆□◆ discography ◆□◆

　＜＜biography＞＞

Maarja is one of the most popular female singers in Estonia.

She has released eight albums and represented Estonia twice
at the Eurovision Song Contest - in 1996 and 1997.
Her latest album is a collaboration with a well-known
estonian pianist and composer Rein Rannap
and the Estonian Symphony Orchestra.

Maarja has received many awards in Estonia,
among them Best Female Singer 1997 and 2006.

Maarja´s first international album was
released worldwide under Universal Music
and sold over 250 000 copies.
It was a big success in Japan,
but also made an impression in the rest of Asia,
Australia and South America.

For recording her last international album Maarja lived
in Stockholm for a year.
There she worked together with well-known musicians,
among others Lisa Lindeberg, Chris Hughes,
Malcolm and Fredrik from Dead Mono
and the very experienced Bernard Lohr
who mixed a big part of the album called "City Life".

In August 2000, Maarja performed on Tallinn Song
Festival Grounds in front of 50 000 people
as a support act for Tina Turner.

She has also played leading roles in several musicals -
"Cats", "Miss Saigon", "Sound of Music" and "Rent".
Maarja was chosen as the only Estonian female singer
to attend as a soloist at the Andrew Lloyd Webber Gala
in Tallinn.

Maarja is a serious musician with eight years of classical
piano studies behind her.

In the year 2006 Maarja protected her Bachelor's degree
in Law under the University of Tartu.

During summer 2006 Maarja was chosen to perform 10
concerts together with Tommy Korberg,
Trine Rein and Geir Ronning in Sandefjord
singing the songs of ABBA.

In May 2007 she will use the scholarship
to Berklee College of Music in Boston,
which she received in autumn 2005.